82 - Episode 80 Completion of the Fountain

I ask Sylphy to fly me to a nearby rocky hill. I cut out a large rock for a dwelling and easily complete the room for me. It's a little crude, but it's only a temporary dwelling, so it's all right. Next I'm going to make a fountain...... but first I'm going to check if Sarah and the kids are napping properly.

When I returned to the mobile base and looked into the bedroom, I found Sara, Marco, and Kikka sleeping on the bed of the straw. They seem to be all right. There is a gentle breeze in the room, as if Belle had taken care of it. This should make the heat a little less intense. I feel relieved and go outside. I see a tornado in the distance.

"Hey, Sylphy! That's the magic of the Bells, isn't it?

It's hard to make a sober judgment because this is a place where a spontaneous outbreak of tornadoes could have occurred.

"Yes. I'm supposed to be teaching magic to Huku and Uri, but ...... we're all playing in the middle of a tornado. Are they having fun?"

You're playing. Well, if there's no danger, it doesn't matter ......?　As we approach the tornado, we see Bell and his friends cackling and laughing as they are swept along by the wind in a whirlwind.

Fukuchan and Uri are also playing together. Well, it's good that they're getting along. The belles notice that I'm staring at them and come running out of the tornado.

"Yuta. Belle. I taught him lots of magic..." "Tulu did her best too..." "Coo-coo!"

Clinging to my head, my arms, and my chest, the Belles do their best to report back to me. I guess this means I should praise them.

"You taught me well about magic. Thank you."

Saying so, I pet the belles who come clinging to me for praise ...... Huh?　Why are Fuchu and Uri in the mix too?　Are you saying I should praise you for your hard work?　Well, that's okay. Let's just pet them as much as we can. It's my reward, too.

We'll play as much as we can, and when we're satisfied, we'll ask him about the magic we taught him. He says he has taught them all the basic magic.

I ask Fukuchan and Uri to show me the power of their magic, and Sylphy gives her approval, saying that it's good enough for zombies and skeletons. Now we should have no problem leveling up for the night.

We wave goodbye to Belle and the others, telling them to keep playing until Sara and the others wake up. Now to build the fountain. I'll ask Deanne about it.

"Deanne, can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Oh, Yuta. What is it?

"I'm going to make a fountain. Do you want one big one with a lot of water or many big ones with a lot of water?　By the way, whichever you choose, you can't do any tricks, so Dine will have to send the water."

Let's assume from the beginning that it is not possible to make use of the difference in elevation or to apply pressure to the water. No matter how many useful tools we have, we don't have the guts to make a fountain by trial and error.

"It's better for you to have lots of water coming out from different places. Leave it to me to make the water come out.

Dene slaps her chest with her right hand. Bell and his friends must have learned this gesture. The shaking object catches my attention, but I immediately look away because I am afraid of Sylphy if I stare at it.

"Okay. Is there anything else?"

It was a mistake to ask. A storm of requests rushed past my ears. At first I listened intently, but then I gave up. I wonder if Dine thinks I'm an architectural genius.

"I don't think I'll be able to do most of it, but I'll do my best in my own way.

With these words, he quickly steps away from Dine. If she hadn't done so, she might have said something about building a castle for the fountain. The way she gestures is just like Belle's, which I think shows her regrettable mental age.

"Hey, Sylphy. I can't do most of what you asked me to do, do you think Deanne will agree?

"She's like that, she's in the mood. Tell her it's a masterpiece and push it through. Don't think too much about it.

Hmmm. Depends on Deanne's mood. Sylphy's troublesome expression indicates that she has had to deal with Deanne's moods on several occasions. I'm a little concerned that she's having a hard time with me now. I wonder what would happen if we made a contract?

I'm a big striker on the outside. Well, both Ertina, the receptionist at the Adventurer's Guild, and Marie, the grocer, are my perfect match in appearance. ......Ertina hates me like a snake, and Marie is a miser or something... ....

I want to meet someone. I really want to meet someone. This is before harems. I'm sad that the temp event at the adventurer's guild happened, but the temp event where the princess comes out when I save a carriage from being attacked didn't happen.

"Yuta. What's wrong?"

"Hmm?　It's nothing. I was just thinking about how to make the fountain."

Sylphy is also a very cool beauty, no doubt on the outside. She is kind and has helped me a lot. But the occasional glimpse of a hedonistic or ...... fun-loving spirit is a little scary.

"Yuta. Are you thinking of something bad?"

Sylphy comes to look at me with suspicion. ...... Let's make a fountain without thinking about anything else. It's a different world, and there are still templates for meeting beautiful women. Let's focus on the fountain now.

I'm not thinking about it. I'm not thinking about it. I've got a general plan and I'm going to start building. Oh, I'd be embarrassed to be seen building the fountain, so you'll take me to the sea base."

"Okay, but are you embarrassed?"

"Yeah. I'm not sure. Besides, if I make it here, Dine will probably break in."

"Oh, that's for sure."

I look in the direction Sylphy is looking ...... and see Dine peeking out. She's going to be ready to talk when we make it.

Sylphy. Please."

"Okay, let's go."

Sylphy wraps me in a cocoon of wind and we take off for the beach house. It takes a long time to get there on foot, but with Sylphy taking me, it only takes a few minutes. Flying is very convenient, isn't it? I think I hear Dine's voice, but it's probably just my imagination.

We'll be at the sea base soon. We should build the fountain as soon as possible. We have to go level up at night.

First we need to extend the pipe coming out of the well. We take out a rock and a hand auger and make the same pipe as the one we buried in the well.

I have a feeling that water will leak from the connection between the rock pipe and the rock and rock pipe, but I'll leave that part to Dine. She is a great spirit, so she should be fine.

Since she is a great spirit, she should be able to control water freely without making a fountain. ...... Please don't force her to make a fountain by narrowing down the conditions.

I don't want to question him about it, because I think it's somewhat possible. If that's really the reason, I'll be depressed. Let's pretend that there's some serious and unavoidable reason hidden in there. It's easier mentally.

Next, ...... make a depression from the big rock to fit perfectly in the pipe below, and from the top to prevent it from cracking, with a radius of 25 centimeters. Fifty centimeter radius. Cut out a cylindrical rock with a radius of one meter. The height should be one meter in all. Three tiers of these columnar rocks are three meters high. It looks like it would make a pretty nice fountain.

There's no need to worry about leaks because it's carved out of a single rock. Next, I'd like to have a recess for water to pool at each step. A depth of 30 centimeters should be enough. I'm worried about the strength if we dig too deep.

Magic saw. Magic chisel. Using the magic chisel, I make the recess so that the surface is as smooth as possible while leaving the rocks where I want the water to come out. As I thought when I made the room, it's amazing how the chisel can cut the rock like peeling off a thin skin.

..................Now the rough shape is completed. All we have to do now is to make holes with a hand auger where we want the water to come out.

The top section should have thick water. From the bottom section, we will drill holes about one centimeter in diameter at equal intervals with a hand auger in the ring of rock we left in the middle of the depression, because we are worried about the strength of the rock.

However, since the hole in the middle was three meters high, the hand auger was not long enough for the hole in the middle, and we were in a great hurry. In the end, we managed to get Sylphy to lift the rock with the wind and dig a hole in the middle of the rock with the hand auger from above and below.

Although I trust Sylphy's power, it was a little scary to make a hole under a big rock floating in the wind. I thought about putting the fountain on its side, but I had a feeling that it might snap off, so I decided not to. I should not be reckless without calculating the strength of the fountain,

"Sylphy. What do you think?"

"Hmmm. It's hard to say because I saw how hard Yuta was working, but ...... I think it's a little plain."

After Sylphy's words, I seriously check the fountain I made once more. ...... It surely is plain. It is a chunk of rock without any decoration or pattern, though it is of a decent size.

This might be a tough one. Remembering the way Deanne was talking about what kind of fountain she would like to have, full of gestures, I guess she must be expecting a lot.

"Deanne is not convinced ......, right?"

"She's been raising her own expectations so high, she's going to have to do something about it, even if it's just to smoke her out, it's going to be a pain."

You are raising the bar without my permission. Then, even if it is difficult to make decorations, it would be better to carve at least a pattern.

"Hmmm. I understand. I'll try a little more work."

...... you're going to put a pattern on the fountain. As someone who hasn't been praised for art since elementary school, I'm kind of intimidated. I have a high status of dexterity, but artistic sense seems to be irrelevant, so I don't know what to do.

I have learned that if you don't have a sense of art, the more you elaborate, the more you will end up going in a funny direction. I will never forget the sadness I felt when I was told that the picture I put so much effort into ...... was kind of a mess.

I think my limit is to put vertical lines at equal intervals and shade them without trying to do anything difficult, or to dig in triangles and make some kind of geometrical pattern. Which one would you choose: .......

If I had artistic talent, I would carve dragons and spirits. I check my stats and of course I have no art-related skills. Well, I knew that. Yes!　Vertical lines. Triangles are a likely failure for me, too.

Somehow remembering the sad old days, I choose the safe way. I guess this is what it means to be an adult. I draw a vertical line on the fountain, feeling a strange melancholy.

Somehow I managed to keep carving straight lines without blurring the lines, and the fountain was completed. Well, it looks better than nothing. I guess this is my limit, and I should go show it to Dine. If she complains, I'll pinch her cheeks.